Tip via mobile app leads to three drug arrests at Harris County home

Published 3:58 pm, Friday, June 14, 2013

Tara Mitchell, 21, has been charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Tara Mitchell, 21, has been charged with possession of a controlled substance.

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Nancy McCauley, 49, has been charged with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine.

Nancy McCauley, 49, has been charged with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine.

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James McCauley, 28, has been charged with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine.

James McCauley, 28, has been charged with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine.

Photo: Harris County Sheriff's Office

Tip via mobile app leads to three drug arrests at Harris County home

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A tip submitted to the Harris County Sheriff's Office through the mobile phone application known as iWatchHarris County has led to the arrest of three people on drug charges.

After receiving a tip of possible drug activity at a residence in the 19700 block of Horseshoe Lake in northwest Harris County, deputies from the sheriff's office Patrol District 5 and Crime Control Division set up surveillance June 12 on the home.

Deputies noticed vehicles coming and going from the residence, staying only for a short period of time, according to a news release from the sheriff's office.

After establishing probable cause, deputies stopped one of the vehicles leaving the house and arrested the driver for possession of a controlled substance.

Mitchell, 21, is charged with possession of a controlled substance, suboxone, according to the arrest warrant. She was released Friday from the Harris County Jail on $5,000 bond and is scheduled to appear Aug. 5 in County Court at Law No. 2, according to online records.

James McCauley, 28, is charged with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, the news release stated.

McCauley was in the Harris County Jail on Friday on no bond, according to online law enforcement records.

His next court appearance is scheduled for July 25 in the 228th State District Court.

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Nancy McCauley, 49, whose relationship to James McCauley was not stated in the release, was charged with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, the release stated.

On Friday, she was in the Harris County Jail on $30,000 bond, with a return court date scheduled for July 25 in the 228th State District Court, according to online records.